SENT TO PRISON
TWO U.S.A. OFFICIALS.
ALLEGATIONS OF GRAFT. LIBERTY TO BOOTLEGGERS. BY CABLE—PRESS ASSOCIATION-COPYRIGHT. Received Oct. 16, 9.40 a.m NEW YORK, Oct. 15: Peter Hoffman, Sheriff of Chicago and a prominent political figure in Illinois, and Walter Westbrook, gaol warden, have been sent to prison, following an exposure of alleged graft and corruption in allowing two wealthy youthful bootleggers to virtually use the gaol as a summer resort in consideration of a payment of £SOOO. It was stated that the youths were allowed out at nights attending cabarets. —Sydney Sun Cable.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLV, 16 October 1925, Page 5
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92SENT TO PRISON Hawera Star, Volume XLV, 16 October 1925, Page 5
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